WikiLeaks website, pummeled by attacks, loses home

[tabatha]

NEW YORK — The website of WikiLeaks, the organization that just released a trove of sensitive U.S. State Department documents, appears to have lost or left its main Web host, Amazon.com.

The main website and a sub-site devoted to the diplomatic documents were unavailable from the U.S. and Europe on Wednesday, as Amazon servers refused to acknowledge requests for data.

Availability of the sites has been spotty since Sunday, when it started to come under a series of Internet-based attacks by unknown hackers. WikiLeaks dealt with the attacks in part by moving to servers run by Amazon Web Services, which is self-service.

Amazon.com Inc. would not comment on its relationship with WikiLeaks or whether it forced the site to leave. Messages seeking comment from WikiLeaks were not immediately returned.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40455720

[MineralMan]

1. That's not all that surprising, really.

It's going to be hard to find a solid host for the site, from now on, I believe. No host needs a stream of DDOS attacks streaming in. I imagine there's also some serious governmental pressure, as well.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. K&R after they repeal net neutrality we'll see more of this or

sites with certain content that load slowly and don't appear on search engines.

[flyarm]

3. Your government hard at work!!!!!!..they just told us all to go fuck ourselves,

Truth in this country is the enemy of the politicians! And the MIC!

Welcome fascism..Welcome police state.

We are fucked.

[strawberryfield]

4. I saw this coming several days ago

This site is just too attractive of a target. Every hacker / geek on the internet would love to have the bragging rights that they had something to do with bringing this site down. The only way to possibly overcome that was to have a host with enough server fire power to overcome an attack. But Amazon is a corporation that likes money more than anything and probably just got sick of having the hassle of having a bull’s eye painted on its back. I doubt anybody else wants that hassle either. Hackers tend to be relentless in their efforts. If they want WikiLeaks down, it will be that way for eternity. Long live anarchy.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Well, we wouldn't want the dangerous proles to find out what their masters are doing.